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Wild Winter Fashion: A Strobist Tutorial

Uploaded by Tracy Turner on January 26, 2013 at 11:51 am

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Another Behind the Scenes Strobist Video dealing with a fashion concept and dogs. We go behind the scenes with professional concept photographer and cinematographer, Ben Sant of BTS Photography. We’ll go over 3 setups for 3 shots including lighting and camera settings. see more of my work at www.BTSphotography.com

I do struggle as well with posing and it becomes more difficult since you have to be in control and not have the model take control of the scene.﻿ As much as its okay to have the model be creative, its more important to know what you looking for as a fotografa so you end up with crappy and dead plain pics

Hey bigbs4,
to your question:
I also have issues with this model, if you can see it as a problem.
I am also a photographer in Germany.
It has its pros and cons, a newcomer model in front of the camera to have.
I for one like it, can these models, we provide them with great instructions and his﻿ images which can transpose in his head.
Professionals have generally been a solid routine, which can also have its advantages.
greetings

Me too man, damn i find hard to guide the models, but when it comes do techical stuff, i just do it without﻿ thinking. What worries me the most are the models…i usually get some repeated expressions…and that i don’t like, the models like it…soo i tend to forgive myself LOL

This was the model’s﻿ second shoot and I completely agree that posing has always been my biggest challenge with all my shoots. I find myself working harder to establish rapport with the model rather than worrying about the technical aspects and art direction of the shoot in efforts to assertively influence the outcome of the look and poses. How many of viewers out there also struggle with posing?

hey bigbs4,
really like your video, it﻿ is nice to see, that someone takes so much times in the video to explain, what he is doing.
love the location and have dogs in this shoot, really good idea !!!
But I noticed that the model always makes the same pose and facial expression.
maybe the video shows, not all facets of the shootings, but it’s just something that’s caught my eye me. the only thing I could have found one probably a bit better when the model is acting with the dogs would have more.

It all comes down to opinion, but generally white or shoot-through umbrellas will give you a softer quality of light when compared to a reflective umbrella which will give more contrast and a bit more throw. I recommend﻿ purchasing “Convertible” Umbrellas that are both types in one umbrella. That way you have both options at your fingertips and experiment with which one works better for your particular shooting situation.

It all depends on what I am shooting, and what size and orientation the client and final product requires. A lot of this comes down to your own artistic vision. However, I can give the following advice:
Shoot as close to the final composition﻿ and crop as possible. Making massive crops and cutting out large amounts of dead or negative space is only throwing away pixels.
Have a “pre-visualization” of what the final composition is going to be. Account for other ratios such as 4×5

I really liked the snow and dogs introduced to enhance this lovely model. her dress, make up and over all look accented the scene very well. I may try a similar shoot﻿ and see what I can get. thanks for sharing!

Yes, I wanted a “natural look” that appeared as if the artificial light I introduced wasn’t there. We call these “Light Ratios”. We can balance our strobes/flashes to a lower ratio so it is close to the﻿ ambient exposure or we can have a high ration of say 4 or even 6:1 that will underexpose the BG and make the model pop more. A good photographer or DP can introduce artificial light and expose so everything appears natural.

I’m sorry but it seems like the flash wasn’t really needed for your results. The photos looked very natural. Is that﻿ what you were going for? Not the underexposed background look? Not sure what it’s called. Also, is it true the cybersyncs won’t sync past 160?

I use center weighted mode although with off camera flash, the built-in meter is worthless other that getting a general idea of ambient exposure.
For focus, I used spot or single point focus and pulled from her eye furthest from﻿ the camera

Highly inspirational for us strobist fans! You mentioned using the SB-800 at 1/4 power. Do you also manually control your flash power vice TTL?? With Nikon’s CLS﻿ why are you using triggers? More reliability??

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